This amendment would enshrine ecological integrity as a “first priority of designations made through this process. The concept of ecological integrity and the need for amendments to recognize it as a top priority was put forward by West Coast Environmental Law. Essentially, ecological integrity would maintain that the areas must be “undisturbed by any human activity” and that ecosystems regenerate naturally and in a “self-sustaining” way.
Our concern, obviously, is whether that recognizes the activities that were going on previously.